Determining the COVID-19 Knowledge, Awareness and Anxiety Levels of Intern Dentists

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https://doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v13i1.45270

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Employee safety, dentistry, pandemic, students

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Introduction: COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The nature of dentistry leads to close contact with patients and exposure to saliva, blood, and other bodily fluids during treatment processes and it is a field where high-frequency devices that can make it easier for virus contamination are used. This study aims to determine the knowledge and approaches of COVID-19 infection control of intern dentists who have begun face-to-face education and their COVID-19-related fear and anxiety levels.

Methods: The study comprised 4th and 5th-year students who began face-to-face education at the Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry 2020/2021 spring semester. A questionnaire was used as the data collection tool for this study. The data were collected using a knowledge questionnaire and a COVID-19 fear and anxiety scale.

Results: The average COVID-19 knowledge score of the students was 63.65±9.64, their coronavirus fear average score was 17.63±5.57, and their anxiety average score was found to be 2.37±3.32. A positive relationship was found between the anxiety scores and the COVID-19 fear scores. The results of this study show that the COVID-19 knowledge level and fear of dentistry students are moderate and that their COVID-19 anxiety level is low.

Conclusion: It was found that the knowledge and fear of coronavirus levels of intern dentistry students were moderate and that their coronavirus anxiety level was low.

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Yasemin Akbulut, Department of Healthcare Management, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Professor, Department of Healthcare Management, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

E-mail: akbulut@health.ankara.edu.tr

Merve Onder, Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Turkey

Research Assistant, Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Turkey

Telephone: 9647507365420, E-mail:  merveonder_16@hotmail.com

Gamze Kutlu, Department of Health Care Management, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Research assistant, Department of Health Care Management, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

gkutlu@ankara.edu.tr

Fatih Durur, Department of Healthcare Management, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Research assistant, Department of Healthcare Management, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

E-mail: durur@ankara.edu.tr

Kaan Orhan, Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Turkey

Professor, Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Turkey

E-mail: knorhan@dentistry.ankara.edu.tr

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2023-01-01

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Akbulut, Y., Onder, M., Kutlu, G., Durur, F., & Orhan, K. (2023). Determining the COVID-19 Knowledge, Awareness and Anxiety Levels of Intern Dentists. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 13(1), 108–118. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v13i1.45270

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